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George Michell (Ed.) |
Eternal Kaveri |
$108.33 $81.25 |
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George Michell |
The Vijayanagara Courtly Style |
$27.78 $20.84 |
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| The architecture of the courtly monuments at Vijayanagara and at the later capitals of the Vijayanagara kings at Penukonda and Chandragiri is a distinctive blend of indigenous southern Indian features and imported Islamic styled elements derived from the Bahmani traditions of the Deccan. This volume sets out to provide the Vijayanagara period courtly monuments with a complete description, and a full set of photographs accompanies the text. |
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George Michell |
Pattadakal |
$14.49 $10.87 |
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| The temples at Pattadakal, badami (identified with the ancient city of Vatapi) and Aihole in northern Karnataka were built by the Early Chalukyas, the most important line of kings to rule this part of the Deccan from the sixth to the eighth century. In spite of being a unique heritage spot, no English language guidebook exists on Pattadakal. As the number of visitors to the site increases, this volume will fill the lacuna, guiding tourists through the maze of monuments with their mixed... |
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George Michell |
Architecture and Art of Southern India |
$49.72 $37.29 |
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| ABOUT THE BOOK--------------------------------George Michell provides a pioneering and richly illustrated introduction to the architecture sculpture and painting of the Vijaynagar empire and the successor states. The period encompassing some four hundred years, was endowed with an abundance of religious and royal monuments which remain as testimonies to the history and ideology behind their evolution. |
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George Michell |
Architecture and Art of the Deccan Sultanates |
$83.33 $62.50 |
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| ABOUT THE BOOK--------------------------------This volume is the first to offer an overall survey of the architectural and artistic heritage of the Deccan Sultanate and to place this legacy within its historical context. The book will inspire all those interested in the rich and diverse culture of India.ABOUT THE AUTHOR-------------------------------------George Michell is an architect archaeologist and art historian.Mark Zebrowski is an art historian. |
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John M. Fritz |
A New Light on Hampi |
$150.49 $112.87 |
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| Within the past two decades, a considerable amount of research has been done on the layout, architecture, and art of Hampi, indentified with the 14th- to 16th-century imperial city of Vijayanagara.
Taking into account the most recent discoveries and interpretations at this largest and grandest of all South Indian urban sites, John M. Fritz and George Michell, who are co-directors of the Vijayanagara Research Project, have assembled here a group of scholars and the wide range of topics covered... |
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Carmel Berkson |
Elephanta |
$33.33 $25.00 |
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| Three descriptive essays and numerous fascinating photographs, taken especially for this volume, allow the reader to experience a major monument of Indian art: the sixth century temple cave on Elephanta Island, in Bombay harbor, and its extraordinary stone sculptures. The authors and the photographer capture the atmosphere of the cave and the spirit of the sculptures, which portray the relentless energy and paradoxical power of Shiva, greatest of all Hindu gods. The photographs are particularly... |
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Ajay Khare |
Temple Architecture of Eastern India |
$160.49 $120.37 |
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| This book is a systematic overview of the temple architecture built in eastern India between the ninth and sixteenth centuries. Spanning eight hundred years, it defines the tradition of Temple Architecture of eastern India and examines the traits of continuity and of disruption in the tradition. In the absence of many extant examples of temples in the region during this whole period, the study uses the architectural fragments and votive shrines housed in various archives and museums of the... |
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